This is a not-very-thorough listing of electronically accessible booksellers
of interest to classicists. It was compiled mostly from postings to
the classics
list, especially the week of Nov. 22 1998.
Particular dealers:
- B&B Smith, Booksellers.
``A specialty bookshop trading primarily in new and used books on archaeology
and classical studies.'' Excellent prices. You can email and get on their mailing list. In
2001 or 2002 they moved out of their long-time digs in Philadelphia and moved
to more affordable space in the burbs. Everyone moaned about their wonderful
memories from the old store.
- Liber Antiquus, Early Imprinted
Books. Deals in editions of classical authors printed before 1700. (email Paul M. Dowling, Proprietor.)
Physical location in NYC (hours by appointment). For serious collectors. (You
can become a serious collector for what it costs to buy some new science
textbooks.)
- Blake's Books ``[A]n online used
and antiquarian bookstore. We carry a wide array of books for scholars and
readers in all subjects, including art, philosophy, religion, math, science,
history, literature and the humanities.''
(email).
- L & L Enterprises.
``Carries a large selection of materials for LATIN TEACHERS.''
- Bolchazy-Carducci On-line. (A
publisher as well.) Reputation precedes it.
- Kalamos
Books. Books about Greece, and books in Greek or translated from Greek.
All periods.
- Greece In Print.
- Abelard.
In Toronto. Funny, I thought he went to a French monastery after Heloise's
father's friends did to him.
- Atticus Books.
Another one in Toronto! A subthread at the time of the list discussion.
- Blackwells in Oxford.
(Not included in searches on AddAll below.)
Search engines:
- AddAll is a meta
search engine that searches bibliofind, and most other large used-book
databases simultaneously
- Bookfinder.com -- ``a book
shopping search engine that scans bookseller databases to find new,
used, rare, and out of print books.'' Just don't type bookfinders.com by
mistake.
- Bibliofind.com -- many millions
of ``used and rare books, periodicals and ephemera offered for sale by
thousands of booksellers around the world make this the most interesting
book-selling site on the Web.'' Far superior to Amazon.com, but Amazon
bought them in 2000, and they're starting to show the colors in April 2001.
- 21NorthMain.com -- ``[f]ind the
used, rare, out-of-print, and antiquarian books you need here. Enter now and
search for the volumes you want among the millions in our database.''
Hmmm, seems to be defunct in January 2003. Most significant web mentions I
see of it are contemporary with this
epinion from Summer 2000. The website also received a design award in May
2001.
- abebooks.com -- ``world's largest
network of independent booksellers.''
- For European titles try NVvA
search (from Holland, has English-language search form.)
- ZVAB (in German.)
Disinterested/third-party listings:
Merchant listings:
- International League of
Antiquarian Booksellers / La Ligue Internationale de la Librairie Ancienne.
- American Booksellers Association.
- Antiquarian Booksellers'
Association of America. Home Page which provides access to the
directory of ABAA Booksellers, on-line bookseller catalogs, information
about the ABAA and upcoming book fairs, and the new Online Newsletter of
the ABAA. The ABAA Home Page has links to the home
pages of individual dealers.
- Advanced Book Exchange.
(Precise relationship to ABAA unclear, but in any case, while I'm having
trouble reaching its server, the list of ABAA members on ABE is up.)
- Antiquarian Booksellers' Association
of Canada.
-
Bookwire, from Bowker Bookehttp://www.bookwire.com/index/Information Co.
- Links to
Canadian used, rare and antiquarian books from Deanna Ramsay, bookseller,
who also sponsors
BooksCanada, ``an email forum for the discussion, buying, and selling of
antiquarian, out of print, and secondhand books in Canada.''
The compiler (Alfred M.
Kriman) welcomes input.